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Episode 297 – This week, we’re drinking a buncha wheat beers. 13, to be exact. That’s a buncha wheat beer.

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This week, we’re lightening things up a bit and cleansing our palates of the hoppy IPA and DIPA we’ve been crushing over the last month, and wheat beer sounded like the perfect beverage to welcome the warming SoCal weather. This week, we brought our own individual offerings to our virtual table and are featuring 13 different beers made with wheat. It’s kind of surprising how diverse wheat beer can actually be.

We say this a lot, but it’s really fun to experiment with one style of beer. You can really see how versatile beer can be when you do this. Different brewers interpret styles in their own ways, and wheat beer really showcases the exciting diversity in the world of craft beer.

Editor’s note: this last paragraph will just remain as-is for future posts until this lockdown is over.

We hope you’re safe. We know this sucks right now. We miss our friends and family, socializing, and even going for a run without having to wear a mask, but this is temporary and staying at home as much as possible, while also keeping our distance from others in public, is something we must all do. That being said, we live in a great time in history where we have a robust internet that allows us all to stay in contact, see each other’s faces, and even get together once a week for a virtual happy hour.

We’ll be recording episodes once a week from here out, which is actually pretty cool for those who normally can’t make it to our typical monthly recording sessions. We’ll be having guests on the show, trying new beers, and continuing to keep doing our thing the best we can. Thanks for sticking with us. We’ll get through this.

Now, on with the show!

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.
WASH YOUR HANDS.
WEAR A MASK.
DON’T BE AN ASSHOLE.

Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Opvu9osZH4k

Episode Chapters:
00:00: SupportTheShitOutOfIt.com
00:08: Theme Music
00:14: Begin Show
01:10: New Patron Shoutouts!
02:22: This Week: Wheat Beer
02:49: Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier / Hefe-Weizen / Weissbier – Paulaner Brauerei
04:04: Stealth Mode – Bottle Logic Brewing
06:06: Orange Wheat – Hangar 24 Craft Brewing
09:36: Pineapple Mana Wheat – Maui Brewing
14:01: Florida Cracker – Cigar City Brewing
16:42: Erdinger Dunkel – Erdinger Weissbräu
22:17: Freigeist Abraxxxas Lichtenhainer Weissbier – Freigeist Bierkultur
24:18: St. Bernardus Wit – Brouwerij St.Bernardus
27:08: Mango Squeeze – SLO Brew
31:08: Weihenstephaner Vitus Weizenbock – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
31:55: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
34:37: Oberon – Bell’s Brewery
36:59: Discussing Jason and Greg’s Beers
40:13: Orchard Wit – Bruery Terreux
49:31: Wrap Up
53:18: fourbrewers.com

Beers from this week’s episode:
Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier / Hefe-Weizen / Weissbier – Paulaner Brauerei
Stealth Mode – Bottle Logic Brewing
Orange Wheat – Hangar 24 Craft Brewing
Pineapple Mana Wheat – Maui Brewing
Florida Cracker – Cigar City Brewing
Erdinger Dunkel – Erdinger Weissbräu
Freigeist Abraxxxas Lichtenhainer Weissbier – Freigeist Bierkultur
St. Bernardus Wit – Brouwerij St.Bernardus
Mango Squeeze – SLO Brew
Weihenstephaner Vitus Weizenbock – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Oberon – Bell’s Brewery
Orchard Wit – Bruery Terreux

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Episode 253 – This week on the show, we explore craft beer’s venture into the world of "light" and fitness-minded beer, and discuss why this is a win for consumers, as well as craft and independent breweries.

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One of the latest trends in craft beer currently is making beers that actually appeal to a broader market of consumers outside of craft beer enthusiasts. Why are they doing this? Well, why not?! This week on the show, we’re going to the lighter side of beers and drinking light lagers, light IPA (well, that’s what John calls it…) and even fitness-minded beers!

Pictured: Beers from Funk Factory, Revolution Brewing, and New Glarus.

Light lager isn’t a style of beer that one would normally associate with craft and independent beer. It’s a style that has typically been avoided due to breweries trying to make themselves stand out in the market by making beers that are far more flavorful and interesting than the macro-brewed light lager. The question begs, however, why should light lager and lower calorie beers be reserved just for the big breweries? Is there anything actually “wrong” with drinking and brewing these styles of beer? This week, we focus on that question while trying some of the best “light” beer we could get our hands on.

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

Episode Chapters:
00:00: supporttheshitoutofit.com
00:08: Theme Music
00:16: Begin Show
00:39: New Patreon Supporter, Sam S.!
02:36: New Review From Christopher Aikin!
03:13: FirkFest 2019!
07:48: Lager – Ballast Point Brewing Company
16:22: Lagunitas Hop Water
21:36: American Light – Hangar 24 Craft Brewing
26:09: Light – TAPS Brewery
32:27: Easy Sport – Boulevard Brewing Co.
37:36: Da HI Life Lager – Maui Brewing Company
43:35: Easy Jack – Firestone Walker Brewing Company
55:40: John’s Tech Reviews…
56:31: supporttheshitoutofit.com